No. 1 Initial Flying Training School RAAF

No. 1 Initial Flying Training School
Group portrait of uniformed staff in front of building
No. 1 Initial Flying Training School staff, 1953
Active1951–55
AllegianceAustralia
BranchRoyal Australian Air Force
RoleInitial flying training
Garrison/HQRAAF Station Archerfield

No. 1 Initial Flying Training School (No. 1 IFTS) was a flying training school of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). It was formed in 1951 as No. 1 Initial Training School, in response to increased demand for aircrew during the Korean War and Malayan Emergency. Headquartered at RAAF Station Archerfield, Queensland, and operating de Havilland Tiger Moths, the unit was renamed No. 1 Initial Flying Training School in 1952. Ground staff from the school won the Hewitt Trophy for small arms proficiency in 1953. Aircrew training requirements eased following the end of the Korean War, and No. IFTS merged with No. 1 Basic Flying Training School at RAAF Base Uranquinty, New South Wales, in 1955.